Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences
Department Of Soil Science Explore our departments and programmes
DR. VINCENT K. AVORNYO
DR. VINCENT K. AVORNYO HEAD OF DEPARTMENT - DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
Introduction

The teaching and research foci of Department of Soil Science are listed below.

  1. Environmental Pedology 
  2. Integrated Soil Fertility Management 
  3. Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones)
  4. Conservation Agriculture
  5. Biochar and Carbon Sequestration
  6. Micronutrients for Increased Productivity
  7. Remediation of Heavy Metals in Soils and Water 
  8. Enhancement of Soil Fertility Using Leguminous Cover Crops 
  9. Use of Phosphorus Fertilizers and Inoculants for Enhancing Nitrogen-Fixing
  10. Ability and Productivity of Leguminous Crops
  11. Climate Change and GIS and Remote Sensing

Programmes

  1. BSc. Agriculture Technology (Soil Science Option)
Teaching and Research Staff
# Staff Name Designation
1 Prof. Vincent K. Avornyo Associate Professor
2 Dr. Joseph X. Kugbe Senior Lecturer
3 Dr. Rufai A. Mahama Senior Lecturer
4 Dr. Barbara Kwansema Arthur Lecturer
5 Mr. Justice Kofi Avedzi Lecturer
Undergraduate Programmes
# Programme Degree Awarded
1 BSc Agriculture Technology (Soil Science) Bsc In Agriculture Technology (soil Science)
Who We Are

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.

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Email: foafcs@uds.edu.gh Telephone: +233-54-232-1088 Postal address: P. O. Box TL1350 Digital address: NT-0272-1946 Tamale, Ghana
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